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Alien Chess Fiend reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House with
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But is he really? He's always struck me as just a person who'd made his mind up, but then who flipped to making his mind up in a different way. Shermer thinks that "aliens are sky gods for skeptics" - does he even know what a skeptic is? 03:50... -
Giddierone replied to the thread New Feature Sitrec: Simulating Halos, Sun Dogs, and Glories.There are plenty of paranormal cases which could have been caused by brocken spectre, Bigfoot sightings of fleetingly captured large moving figures for example. Being able to simulate them as part of an investigation is only a plus. -
FatPhil replied to the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House.But is he really? He's always struck me as just a person who'd made his mind up, but then who flipped to making his mind up in a different way. Shermer thinks that "aliens are sky gods for skeptics" - does he even know what a skeptic is? 03:50... -
FatPhil replied to the thread New Feature Sitrec: Simulating Halos, Sun Dogs, and Glories.What's the bunk that needs debunking, and how will this being a feature in sitrec help the debunk better than just a link to a wikipedia page, say? This is screaming "some features are good, therefore more features are better" to me. C.f...
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Gary C reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Claims of Advanced Tech Recovered from UFOs with
Agree.
Plus it was allowed to expire. If it was patenting something that actually worked, it would be of extraordinary importance and value. But it was allowed to expire for non payment of maintenance fees? -
Ann K reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Article: This 11-point scale helps spot UFO reports worth investigating with Agree.
I'd fold some of those together for simplicity. NOTE: My assumption is that the ultimate goal here is to establish if there is a new phenomenon and, if so, to establish what it is. JM0 -- Things that have been identified, same as their... -
Kyle Ferriter reacted to jdog's post in the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House with Like.
Loeb is rather unscientifically binary in his approach: "Either we are dealing with a serious breach of national security or with the biggest scientific discovery in history." Very much rules out misperception and hucksterism. -
Kyle Ferriter reacted to Harabeck's post in the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House with Like.
That he's capable of good work just makes it more disappointing that he wastes time on alien spaceship claims.
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MonkeeSage replied to the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House.There does seem to be a pattern... Garry Nolan and Peter Skafish from Sol Foundation, Matthew Szydagis from UAPx. Loeb's colleagues. Shermer as the token skeptic
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MonkeeSage reacted to Gaspa's post in the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House with Like.
As for the "Why Shermer, instead of West?" question, I'd say, why not both?
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MonkeeSage reacted to Gaspa's post in the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House with Like.
Shermer's Skeptic magazine published a press release about his nomination that includes a short bio of each nominee. Full list of appointees, alphabetized by last name: Dr. Richard Cloete — Galileo Project postdoctoral fellow trained at the...
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Fritzkquzerk reacted to Gary C's post in the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House with Like.
... and the cycle repeats itself - https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunking-humor.132/post-370847 -
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John J. reacted to NoParty's post in the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House with
Funny.
This caught my eye, as well. I have nothing against "young" scientists...but if something is being implied about them being superior for this, seems worth mentioning... -
Gary C replied to the thread Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House.... and the cycle repeats itself - https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunking-humor.132/post-370847
